1847 – Paul Kane documents visit to Ennis Village site in Port Angeles

1848 – Measles and dysentery epidemic

1850 – Donation Land Act of Oregon

1851 – First settlers in Port Townsend

1852 – Settlement of Dungeness area begins at Whiskey Flats

1853 – 1899: Treaty Era, a time of tremendous change and loss

​1853 – Washington Territory established. The Appropriation Act authorized the President of the United States to negotiate with Indian tribes to extinguish title to their lands so that citizens of the U.S. could settle these lands.

1855 – Point No Point Treaty signed on January 25th by Governor Isaac Stevens and representatives of the S’Klallam, Skokomish and Chemakum Tribes. Gibbs’ census shows 926 Klallams. The Elwha Klallams and villages are named in the Treaty and it constitutes federal recognition of the Tribe.

1874 – Amendment to Homestead Act to extend to Indians.
– James Balch purchased 210 acres so the 140 Clallams could live at Jamestown.
– Many Klallams at Port Gamble and Elwha took up Indian Homesteads. At Elwha there were 10 homesteads on the Elwha River, Deep Creek and Pysht totaling over 1,300 acres

1872 – An effort to create a reservation on Ediz Hook failed to pass.

1875 – Small pox epidemic

1878 – Census show 597 Klallams

1879 – Dysentery, fever, phthisis, scrofula and syphilis are among the most common illnesses among Coast Indians

1880 – Chemawa Indian School Starts

1881 – Lung disease, measles and scarlet fever break out

1882 – Origin of Shaker Religion

1883 – Population of Port Angeles grew

1884 – Indian Homestead Act

1885 – Shaker Church in Jamestown

1887 – General Allotment Act
– Reverend Myron Eells wrote about the Klallam
– Port Angeles population over 600

1968 – In a special election called by Secretary of Interior under authority of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, tribal members vote to approve Constitution and Bylaws for the Lower Elwha Community (also known as the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe). Secretary approved Constitution and Bylaws. Also under authority of Indian Reorganization Act, Secretary proclaims the Tribe’s trustlands at the mouth of the Elwha River to be the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation.
– Indian Civil Rights Act
– Amendments to Public Law 280

1972 – The Elwha Klallam Tribe participated with other Washington State tribes in a lawsuit filed against the State of Washington, U.S. v. Washington, to regain their fishing rights.